Community Water System · PWS NC0286030
Dobson, Town Of
Operator location Dobson, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 129 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,615 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,615
- People served (this PWS)
- 129
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Dobson, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
129 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,544 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Dobson, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (129), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,615 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,544 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #318 of 713
- Population · NC
- 129
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,082
- County
- Surry
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 87
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 20 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2006 |
| Endrin | MR | 11 | 1990 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2004 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2008 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dobson, Town Of has 129 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 129), and it ranks #11,544 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
129 Higher than most more violations than 78% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Dobson, Town Of
129 violations on record for NC0286030; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
129 violations · 2,615 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Dobson, Town Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in North Carolina compares on the same EPA violation measures. North Carolina systems
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